in august, i spent a couple of weeks in rainier, washington, visiting family.
each year i look forward to seeing the family gardens (mom, deb and vickie). being a city girl, i am amazed how good food comes out of the ground if you have the time and energy to tend a garden. this year, however, the family gardens were a little bare. vickie's garden was best of them all but it too had less than i had seen in previous years.
so, my mom suggested we visit rick's garden which we did one late afternoon. we drove down a gravel road about 10 minutes from my mom's place and i was surprised to see what lay at the end of that road.
rick is a gardener and the first thing we saw when we drove up to his house was his beautiful, bountiful garden. it was late afternoon/early evening, my favorite time of day when the light is golden, warm and glowing. there were rows of raised plots, each surrounded by large white stones which were gathered locally. as he showed us around, it was apparent that his garden was a manifestation of his natural energy and exuberance:
rick also collects gems and minerals -- but that's a topic for another day.
Posted by lesleeroberts at September 15, 2007 11:45 AM